Sunday, December 01, 2013

Beer-Cheese Skillet Potatoes

I will post about our Thanksgiving in a little while, but for now I will tell you about the potatoes.

Because we had already eaten the standard food at my parents' house, I decided to try some new things for our side dishes for our own Thanksgiving. I discovered this recipe on The Beeroness not too long ago. Her blog is great. She cooks delicious foods using beer. This sounded wonderful so I decided to try it.

It calls for a hoppy beer, so I used The Brew Works' Hop'solutely - a locally-made beer that is SUPER SUPER hoppy to the point where I can't drink it. But it worked very well in this recipe!!! It would be fun to try this with different types of beer, as well. I really liked that the cheese sauce is blended before you throw it on top of the potatoes, and cooking it in a skillet added a little extra magic. I made the sauce ahead of time, which really helped with keeping things low-key on Thanksgiving. It re-heats beautifully, too. I loved this and would definitely make it again.